It is now half a decade since the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) launched Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses. Applicable nationally, this proficiencies framework dictates specific elements of nursing praxis that all pre-registrants must achieve in o...
The questions are specifically written for the practice tests and the content is mapped to the seven platforms of the Future Nurse standards and to the six domains of the Future Midwife standards. The practice tests for numeracy are the same as the live exams in that there are 15 questions ...
Lt strongly maps to Part 1, Part 3, and Part 5 of the NMC Standards Framework. Watch Alison McLachlan's full webinar: "Educating the Practitioners of the Future" here >> Focus on core nursing skills The modules in Lt's Clinical Skills Collection prepare students for the clinical simulation...
In June 2024, NMC achieved an ambitious goal, hitting 91 percent compliance with hand hygiene standards. The achievement is a culmination of work that’s been underway for three years, with steady improvement from around 60% percent compliance to meet the goal of being better than 90%. “...
Current standards which prevent anyone other than a registered midwife or registered medical practitioner taking responsibility for midwifery care during childbirth need strengthening, according to the NMC.
Some questions require you to enter a number and a unit. Always use the standard scientific abbreviation for the unit such as: kg, mg, L, or mL. Do not add an "s" after the unit. Do not write out the full name of the unit. Do not add any additional text such as the name of...
One charge was that the nurses didn’t make a planned referral to the epilepsy nurse. It turns out the person they all thought was the epilepsy nurse (Miss 12), wasn’t. [I know]. With a palpable flourish, the panel dismiss the charge. There was no epilepsy nurse to refer to. Do ...
Following its consultation with key stakeholder groups the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched Future nurse: standards of proficiency for registered nurses ( NMC, 2018a ). These compulsory new standards will be available for use in curricula by approved edu...
The publication of Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses was meant to herald a new dawn for the profession. But have they had the intended impact – and unintended consequences?Evans, NickMental Health Practice